Leatha Koefler explores the intersection
of technology and art through recycled media.
Conceptual Sculpture
Assemblage art is artwork created by combining found objects and materials into cohesive sculpture or composition.
Art Made From Film
Art Made From Old Tech
Leatha Koefler's artwork intrinsically documents society's transition from analog to digital by combining elements from both eras. Through repurposed analog and early digital objects, it memorializes the once important and meaningful images, data, and narratives once stored on these technologies.
The art she creates from film is more personal. Like her grandmother Ella’s quilts, stitched together from scraps of clothing, each slide or home movie holds a memory of the people who wore the fabric or captured the moment on film. On hot summer afternoons, her family would sit in the shade on those quilts as her mother told stories about the lives stitched into each piece. Inspired by this tradition, she now creates her own quilts and clothing, stitching film and slides together preserving memories in a new form.
This website was partially funded by a Regional Artist Project Grant.
“This project is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Raleigh Arts, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.”
© 2021 by Leatha Koefler
